NoLuv4Jerry
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Jerry is not a football guy, he may want us to think that, but he is not.
SOMEONE gives him advice....and he pays them good money for it.
SOMEONE convinced him this team would be fine without TO. And I admit I had no problems with removing TO, but when you do that, as a FAN I assume you have a plan of how you are going to score points. I am pretty sure Jerry ALSO assumed the brainstrust on this team had a PLAN on how they were going to score points.
These WRs are ALL the same. They are ALL big guys with average speed. What one does BEST is what ALL of them do best. These guys are not precise route runners. They run the types of routes that suit BIG WRs. Slants, crosses, flys....things where they are on the move when the ball comes there way....and more importantly, plays where they can see the BALL THE WHOLE WAY.
These routes that involve timing, that involve them turning their back to the QB, that involve Romo throwing to spots...THESE GUYS CANNOT DO IT.
And to be quite honest, a QB cannot get comfortable running these kinds of routes with MULTIPLE guys. It takes hours of countless reps to develop a rapport with one guy like Aikman did with Irvin. They could run plays blindfolded. Well that worked for Aikman and Irvin. And truthfully, Aikman was NEVER the same once Irvin went down. Aikman had a safety valve in Novacek..and a throw it long guy in Harper. Heck the slant play to Harper against SF in the 92 playoff game was a play Troy had admitted he did not want to throw to Harper because he did not trust Harper would cross the face of the safety...but he had not choice but to give him a chance...it won us a Super Bowl and made Harper a lot of money.
But these routes we run are not good for these guys because they do not have a diversified skill set and they all lack speed. They do not breakdown well, they do not come out of breaks crisp and clean....and they do NOT have good field awareness.
Romo must be pulling his hair out because he has to take the blame REGARDLESS of how plays turn out, but his o-coordinator and WRs are not helping him out. He sees the entire defense, expects guys to sit down in zones, turn out or in, keep running....these are the things pocket passers do. But this vagabond group of WRs just don't have a feel for the passing game we are running.
And quite honestly TO was never a good route runner...he was like the guys we have, just faster....he is big and fast...hit him on the move, let him break tackles and run away from people.
So the real question is, WHO convinced Jerry we needed to trade for Roy and give up that many draft picks and money. Who convinced Jerry TO needed to be cut and Roy could step into that role. Or did Jerry say, look I paid a lot for Roy, and I am going to look bad if Roy does not put up the kinds of numbers to justify what was spent on him?
Lastly, I wonder if the same people that convinced Jerry to get rid of TO were the same people that convinced Jerry that Brad Johnson was a comptetent QB. Brad Johnson was the most dissapointed person on Earth when Romo got hurt....because he KNEW he would be exposed and that he would never hold a clipboard again. He has not had ONE phone call to ever pick up a football again....yet our braintrust thought he could still play?
This is what should concern ALL of us. Peyton Manning is throwing to guys we have never heard of week after week. And of course Peyton is better than Tony....but are these no name WRs that much better than ours?
Sorry so long...but I refuse to believe our talent on offense is this bad...I think they offensive braintrust (that means the Garrett family) has hypnotized Jerry. And he is so deep financially with them and the players they asked for, that we all might need to adjust expectations..because this will not get fixed this year.
SOMEONE gives him advice....and he pays them good money for it.
SOMEONE convinced him this team would be fine without TO. And I admit I had no problems with removing TO, but when you do that, as a FAN I assume you have a plan of how you are going to score points. I am pretty sure Jerry ALSO assumed the brainstrust on this team had a PLAN on how they were going to score points.
These WRs are ALL the same. They are ALL big guys with average speed. What one does BEST is what ALL of them do best. These guys are not precise route runners. They run the types of routes that suit BIG WRs. Slants, crosses, flys....things where they are on the move when the ball comes there way....and more importantly, plays where they can see the BALL THE WHOLE WAY.
These routes that involve timing, that involve them turning their back to the QB, that involve Romo throwing to spots...THESE GUYS CANNOT DO IT.
And to be quite honest, a QB cannot get comfortable running these kinds of routes with MULTIPLE guys. It takes hours of countless reps to develop a rapport with one guy like Aikman did with Irvin. They could run plays blindfolded. Well that worked for Aikman and Irvin. And truthfully, Aikman was NEVER the same once Irvin went down. Aikman had a safety valve in Novacek..and a throw it long guy in Harper. Heck the slant play to Harper against SF in the 92 playoff game was a play Troy had admitted he did not want to throw to Harper because he did not trust Harper would cross the face of the safety...but he had not choice but to give him a chance...it won us a Super Bowl and made Harper a lot of money.
But these routes we run are not good for these guys because they do not have a diversified skill set and they all lack speed. They do not breakdown well, they do not come out of breaks crisp and clean....and they do NOT have good field awareness.
Romo must be pulling his hair out because he has to take the blame REGARDLESS of how plays turn out, but his o-coordinator and WRs are not helping him out. He sees the entire defense, expects guys to sit down in zones, turn out or in, keep running....these are the things pocket passers do. But this vagabond group of WRs just don't have a feel for the passing game we are running.
And quite honestly TO was never a good route runner...he was like the guys we have, just faster....he is big and fast...hit him on the move, let him break tackles and run away from people.
So the real question is, WHO convinced Jerry we needed to trade for Roy and give up that many draft picks and money. Who convinced Jerry TO needed to be cut and Roy could step into that role. Or did Jerry say, look I paid a lot for Roy, and I am going to look bad if Roy does not put up the kinds of numbers to justify what was spent on him?
Lastly, I wonder if the same people that convinced Jerry to get rid of TO were the same people that convinced Jerry that Brad Johnson was a comptetent QB. Brad Johnson was the most dissapointed person on Earth when Romo got hurt....because he KNEW he would be exposed and that he would never hold a clipboard again. He has not had ONE phone call to ever pick up a football again....yet our braintrust thought he could still play?
This is what should concern ALL of us. Peyton Manning is throwing to guys we have never heard of week after week. And of course Peyton is better than Tony....but are these no name WRs that much better than ours?
Sorry so long...but I refuse to believe our talent on offense is this bad...I think they offensive braintrust (that means the Garrett family) has hypnotized Jerry. And he is so deep financially with them and the players they asked for, that we all might need to adjust expectations..because this will not get fixed this year.
